Lila Garrett

Lila Garrett
Born(1925-11-21)November 21, 1925[1]
New York City, U.S.
DiedFebruary 1, 2020(2020-02-01) (aged 94)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationScreenwriter
TelevisionThe ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The Other Woman, All in the Family, The Second Hundred Years, Bewitched, My Favorite Martian,"Barney Miller"
Spouse
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(m. 1950; div. 1953)​
ChildrenEliza Roberts
Relatives

Lila Garrett (November 21, 1925 – February 1, 2020) was an American television screenwriter and radio host who wrote for the sitcoms The Second Hundred Years (she co-wrote episodes 10 and 13 with Bernie Kahn),[2] My Favorite Martian,[3] All in the Family,[4] and Bewitched.[5] She also co-wrote The Barefoot Executive, a 1971 Disney TV movie,[6] with Kahn and Stu Billett.

An anti-war activist, Garrett's political engagement includes starting Americans Against War with Iraq,[7] serving as a DNC delegate for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis,[8] presiding as president[9] over the Southern California chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, and being a founding member of Progressive Democrats of America.[1] She hosted KPFK's Connect the Dots on Pacifica Radio,[1] interviewing left-leaning luminaries and often closed her show with "The arms industry has neither allies nor enemies, only customers." She was a frequent contributor to the LA Progressive, an online magazine[10]

She lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital for a while.[11]

  1. ^ a b c "Lila Garrett". shemadeit.org. The Paley Center for Media. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  2. ^ "[Everything you wanted to know about your mother-in-law but were afraid to ask], [I love you, I love you, I love you, I think]". copyrightencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  3. ^ "My Favorite Martian: The Martian's Fair Hobo (1965)". blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26. Writer(s): Bernard M. Kahn, Lila Garrett
  4. ^ "All in the Family: Et Tu, Archie (1974)". blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26. Writer(s): Lila Garrett, Mickey Rose
  5. ^ "Bewitched: Samantha's Better Halves : Synopsis". MSN. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26. Evidently, this episode of Bewitched was scripted by Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn before the "birth" of Samantha's son Adam [...]
  6. ^ "Barefoot Executive—Full Production Credits". Baseline StudioSystems. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2013-12-26. From Feature Screenplay by Joseph L. McEveety; from feature story by Lila Garrett, Bernard M. Kahn, Stu Billett
  7. ^ "Building a buzz for peace". Los Angeles Times. 2003-02-04. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  8. ^ report, WILLIAM E. GIBSON, Washington Bureau Chief National Correspondent Michele Cohen contributed to this (22 July 1988). "RUNNING MATES STRESS COMMON GROUND". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Lila Garrett | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  10. ^ "Lila Garrett". LA Progressive. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  11. ^ "Radical radio station KPFK host Lila Garrett, 94, passes". 7 February 2020.